Atlanta Thrashers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, November 9, 2002 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–4 on Saturday, November 9, 2002 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Thrashers 28–20.
Pascal Rheaume scored twice and Dany Heatley scored twice. Jochen Hecht, Ales Kotalik, Ilya Kovalchuk, J-P Dumont, Chris Herperger and Chris Gratton also scored.
Pasi Nurminen made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mika Noronen stopped 6 of 7.
Scoring
1st period
Jochen Hecht (5)Rhett Warrener (2), Stu Barnes (1)0–108:05 BUF
Ales Kotalik (2)Chris Gratton (10), Curtis Brown (2)0–211:19 BUF
Ilya Kovalchuk (8)Frantisek Kaberle (5), Patrik Stefan (6)1–215:47 ATL
Pascal Rheaume (1)Per Svartvadet (1)2–219:44 ATL ·
2nd period
J-P Dumont (2)Jochen Hecht (6), Stu Barnes (2)2–303:59 BUF
Dany Heatley (4)Unassisted3–304:33 ATL
Chris Herperger (1)Vyacheslav Kozlov (8), Tony Hrkac (3)4–312:24 ATL
3rd period
- Pascal Rheaume (2)Unassisted5–313:28 ATL
- Dany Heatley (5)Tony Hrkac (4)6–318:13 ATL ·
Chris Gratton (4)Stu Barnes (3), Tim Connolly (3)6–419:18 BUF ·
Team stats
ATLBUF
2028
45%55%
0/51/4
1517
13
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:02 into the first period
Mike Weaver · tripping2 min - 16:44 into the first period
Jochen Hecht · high sticking2 min - 19:31 into the first periodJeff Odgers · slashing2 min
- 4:22 into the second periodFrancis Lessard · roughing2 min
- 4:22 into the second periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 8:03 into the second periodVyacheslav Kozlov · tripping2 min
- 8:19 into the second periodStu Barnes · interference2 min
- 10:13 into the second periodDmitri Kalinin · slashing2 min
- 13:53 into the second periodFrancis Lessard · fighting5 min
- 13:53 into the second periodEric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 1:57 into the third periodTaylor Pyatt · tripping2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodPatrik Stefan · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:44 into the third periodJason Woolley · roughing2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 12Tony HrkacC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:37 |
| 15Dany HeatleyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 22:24 |
| 26Pascal RheaumeC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:17 |
| 7Chris HerpergerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 10:33 |
| 27Patrik StefanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 39Per SvartvadetC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 8Frantisek KaberleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | 29:08 |
| 6Francis LessardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:59 |
| 10Yuri ButsayevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 19Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 22:39 |
| 20Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:31 |
| 4Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 13:24 |
| 36Daniel TjarnqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:58 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 08:38 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6 | 1 | 23:56 |
| 43Mike WeaverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Pasi NurminenG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 33Milan HnilickaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 20:48 |
| 71Jochen HechtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:24 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 18:02 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:29 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 3 | 17:25 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:58 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:58 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:27 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:02 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | L | 7 | 1 | .857 |
| 43Martin BironG | 12 | 4 | .667 |